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CPUWearableReleased Mar 2, 2026

Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear Elite

5C/5T · 2.1 GHz

Qualcomm's first 3 nm wearable platform, announced at MWC 2026 with devices expected in the second half of 2026. It pairs a single high-performance core at up to 2.1 GHz with four efficiency cores, an Adreno A622 GPU, a Hexagon NPU for on-device AI and an always-on co-processor at up to 500 MHz. Connectivity includes a 5G RedCap modem with NB-NTN satellite messaging, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 6.0.

General

Manufacturer
Qualcomm
Model
Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear Elite
Segment
Wearable
Generation
Snapdragon Wear Elite
Codename
—
Architecture
ARM64
Microarchitecture
1x Cortex-A78 + 4x Cortex-A55
Release date
Mar 2, 2026
Price
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads
5 cores / 5 threadsP1+E4
Base clock
—
Boost clock
2.10 GHz
TDP (design W)
—
Unlocked
✕ No
L2 cache
—
L3 cache
—
Technology (nm)
3 nm
3 nm

Platform

Socket
—
2-CPU (multi-socket)
✕ No
Integrated GPU
Adreno 622
Memory type
LPDDR5 (16-bit)
Memory size
—
ECC memory
—
PCIe
—

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions
Armv8.2-A
NPU
Hexagon NPU — 12 TOPS

OS support

Notes
Wearable platform for Wear OS by Google. There is no Windows, macOS, ChromeOS or desktop Linux support.

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